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Carus Corporation’s summer camp focuses on science

The free camp, open to students entering sixth grade in the fall, started June 4, and continued mornings through June 8, when a graduation ceremony took place.

St. Bede’s Chemistry Department Head, Dan Fitzpatrick, was the camp director. Other teachers also were hired to help run the camp.

The campers delved into the world of elements and enjoyed the process of immersing them in a burner in order to identify them by the color of the flame.

White flames were produced by burning magnesium. Some of the other elements tested produced red flames (lithium), orange flames (calcium), yellow flames (sodium) and green flames (copper).

[BCR photo/Dave Cook]

Collin Lyons (left) and Daniel Marini, both of Ottawa, are two of the approximately 30 sixth-graders from Starved Rock Country who attended the Carus Corporation's Summer Science Camp at St. Bede Academy near Peru this week.